Here. Is. Better.: Hope on the Horizon
No matter how one has experienced trauma, it always leaves a mark on the soul. But, Here. Is....
Tag: PTSD
Unconditional – Caring for the caring
According to AARP, 53 million Americans are caregivers for family members dealing with health...
Dakota: Love, Loss and Heroes
Set on a small town family farm in the American South, Dakota tells the story of single...
Reflection – War and aftermath
Valentyn Vasyanovych?s Reflection is a look at war and its aftermath. The film is part of Film...
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: Battle Scars and Bank Loans
Next one up. With seven series and five films (!) on tap for 2021, it?s fair to say that Marvel...
Two Ways Home – Mending the Past
?No matter how rocky and dry the soil, there?s a chance for life.? Ron Vignone?s Two Ways Home has won a slew of awards at various festivals around the country. It is a story of broken people and broken relationships. It is also...
Princess of the Row – Love on Skid Row
In Van Maximillian Carlson?s Princess of the Row, the model of familial loves is boiled down to a...
Father Soldier Son: Just Keep Going
Father Soldier Son (directed by Leslye Davis and Catrin Einhorn) is a new Netflix Original Documentary telling the unbelievable story of Brian Eisch, a single father of two young sons and a Platoon Sergeant in the US...
Self Isolation Film Festival: Fearless
?We passed through death.? I think Peter Weir?s 1993 film Fearless may be a very important film...
Goodbye Christopher Robin: Identity Theft
In a time when people were famous just for being famous, a young boy?s father writes a book with him as a character. Soon, the whole world wants to know and meet the ?real? Christopher Robin. Goodbye Christopher Robin is the story of the writing of the Winnie-the-Pooh books and how the success of those books impacted the young son of the author, A. A. Milne.
Blood Stripe: Unseen Wounds
There have been a number of films dealing with veterans coming home with PTSD and related issues. Some of those have been about women who have served in combat. Usually such films try to give us some sense of the trauma that happens in battle. . . . But Blood Stripe never shows us what Our Sergeant has gone through.
Megan Leavey – A Marine and Her Dog
Based on a true story, Megan Leavey is a story of warriors?a Marine and her dog. But it is more than a war story. It is the story of a struggle to find one?s place in the world and the way a bond with another could provide a sense of meaning and purpose.
Monday at Newport Beach Film Festival
When Army Chaplain Justin Roberts experienced a post-deployment depression, he reunited with many from the unit he had served with in Afghanistan to talk about their experience there, and the difficulties involved in coming home.